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<p class="tightin1">A single action in detail.<br><i>About the action rulebooks&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=inform:/doc188.html><img border=0 src=inform:/help.png></a></i></p>
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<b>Standard actions concerning the actor's vision</b><br>Looking&nbsp;<a href=11_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Examining&nbsp;<a href=12_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Looking under&nbsp;<a href=13_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <b>Searching</b>&nbsp;<a href=14_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Consulting it about&nbsp;<a href=15_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Searching <font color="#000080">something</font> </b><a name=Search></a> (requires light) (<i>past tense</i> searched)<br>
<p>Searching looks at the contents
of an open or transparent container, or at the items on top of a supporter.
These are often mentioned in room descriptions already, and then the action
is unnecessary, but that wouldn't be true for something like a kitchen
cupboard which is scenery - mentioned in passing in a room description, but
not made a fuss of. Searching such a cupboard would then, by listing its
contents, give the player more information than the ordinary room description
shows.<br><br>The usual check rules restrict searching to containers and supporters: so
the Standard Rules do not allow the searching of people, for instance. But
it is easy to add instead rules ('Instead of searching Dr Watson: ...') or
even a new carry out rule ('Check searching someone (called the suspect): ...')
to extend the way searching normally works.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<p class="hangingin2">&quot;look inside/in/into/through [something]&quot;</p><p class="hangingin2">&quot;search [something]&quot;</p><p><b>Rules controlling this action</b><p>
<p class="hangingin2">check&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor searching</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">can't search unless container or supporter rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1632()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>name</i> <script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1633()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>unlist</i></p>
<p class="hangingin2">check&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor searching</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">can't search closed opaque containers rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1634()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>name</i> <script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1635()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>unlist</i></p>
<br><p class="hangingin2">report&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>searching a container</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">standard search containers rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1637()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>unlist</i></p>
<p class="hangingin2">report&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>searching a supporter</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">standard search supporters rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1639()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>unlist</i></p>
<p class="hangingin2">report&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor searching</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">report other people searching rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<a href="javascript:pasteCode1640()"><img border=0 src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a>&nbsp;<i>name</i> <script language="JavaScript">
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